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No; 577,048. Patentedfebql, 1897.

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N. MANDEL;

HUG SHAGKLB Patented Peb. 16', 1897.

UNITED STATES VPATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN MANDEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND KATE ROTH,OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,048, dated February16, 1897.

Application filed November 19, 1896. Serial No. 612,684. (No model.)

To coll whom it man concern,.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN MANDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Shackles, of whichthe fol lowing is a specication, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of myimproved shackles coupled together and opened ready to receive the legsof a hog. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through one of the shackles.Fig. 3 is an edge view of the shackle. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewshowing the manner in which a hogv is held suspended by my device.

This invention relates to an improved hogshackle by which hogs arecaught, held, and suspended preparatory to slaughtering them 5 and ithas for its objects to provide a device for the purposes named that issimple in construction and efficient in operation, one that can bequickly and easily opened to receive the leg of a hog and as easilyopened to release the leg when desired, and that will not so bruise orinjure the animal as to affect the lnarket value of any ofthe productsderived from the hog. I accomplish these objects by the constructionshown in the drawings and hereinafter fully described.

That which I regard as new will be sct forth in the claims.

In the drawings, 5 represents a bar, at one end of which is a handle 6,

it to t around and approximately conform to the shape of a hogs leg. Theforward end of the bar 5 opposite the hook 7 is enlarged, as shown, asindicated at 8, and is provided with a curved groove 9. are arms, one oneach side of the enlarged portion 8 and pivotally attached thereto by apin 1l, passing through the curved slot 9. Loosely mounted on this pinare two antifriction rollers 12, which travel in the slot 9 incontact'with the edges thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Theprojecting ends of the arms '10 are connectedby a short cross-bar 80, towhich one end of a strong flexible connection 13 is attached, the otherend of such connect-ion being attached by a bolt or cross-piece 15 tothe body of the other and at the other y end is a hook '7, of a shapeand size to enable device near the inner end of the hook 7. As shown,this connection 13 is in the form of a chain, and it is covered withleather 14 or suitable material to aidin preventing injury to the leg ofthe hog When caught and held in the hook.

16 is a slide lying against the bar 5 and movabl y attached thereto bymeans of a knob l or handle l 7, the ste mv of which passes through alongitudinal slot 18 in said bar 5 and into the slide. (See Fig. 2.) Theforward end of this slide projects through an opening in the -bottom ofthe enlarged portion S and is turned or bent upward and slightly forwardand passes through a second slot 19 in the enlarged portion 8, such slot19 being at right I angles to the plane of the slot 9, the two slotsbeing in the construction shown of substantially the same length. Asshown, the turnedforward end of this slide is provided with a short slot20, through which the pin l1 passes, thus securing the slide movably inplace at its forward end, such end lying between the two rollers 12. v

2l is a hole in the projecting forward end of the slide 1G for theattachment of a chain 22, the other end of the chain being likewiseattached to a correspondin g shackle, as shown in Fig. 4. 23 is anotherhole in the slide, such hole in the construction shown being located ata point on the slide a little below the enlarged portion S when theslide is drawn back. Like the hole 21 this hole 23 is intended for theattachment of a chain, which at its other end is attached in a similarmanner to a corresponding or com panion shackle. The chain last referredto is indicated by 24. I 25 is an eye, to which the chain 24 is securedat its center, said eye being swiveled to a hook 26.

27 indicates a section of track from whichk the hook 26 is suspended,and 28 indicates switches for regulating the rapidity with which hogssuspended from hooks 26 shall be fed forward. v

29 indicates a hooked rod forengaging the cha-in 22 to effect a releaseof a hog from the shackle, as hereinafter explained.

As indicated by the drawings and by stateroo ments hereinbefore made, Icontemplate the use of .two shackles of the character describedengagement with the rail or track 27.

in connection with the elevation of each hog. To use a pair of theseshackles, they are to be opened, as seen in Fig. 1, and each handlegrasped by the operator. The hook ends 7 are to be thrust between thehind legs of a hog and each of said legs grasped by one of the hooks 7,and when so grasped each slide 16, by means of the handle or knob 17, isto be pulled back. This will cause the inner ends of the arms l0 to bepulled down, the antifriction-rollers 12 traveling in the slot 9, andthe outer ends of such arms being attached to the chain 13 will bethrown forward, bringing such chain, or rather the leather covering lathereof, against the leg of the hog, thus firmly encircling and holdingthe leg between the covered chain and the hook 7. When each leg has beenso secured, (and it will take but an instant to accomplish this,) thehook 26 on the chain 2i is to be connected to the usual hog-hoist and bysuch hoist the hog elevated, so that the said hook 2G can be placed onthe rail or track 27. After the hog` is stuck while so suspended thecarcass is to be pushed along the rail, and when it is to be removed thehook on the rod 29 is to be engaged and the hook 26 is to be releasedfrom The strain is thus all brought on the chain 22, the effect on eachshackle being to immediately draw the projecting end of the slide towardthe forward end of the slot 1f) in which it slides, which will canse itsother end to swing down and draw back the connection 13, allowing thecarcass to be released.

By the construction of shackle shown and described the connection 13,which is flexible or yielding, is brought into contact with the animaPsleg, which is a great advantage over the ordinary metal arm which isthrown across the hook, as it prevents serious damage to such leg.

That which l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l. In a hog-shackle, the combination with a bar provided at its forwardend with ahook and with a slotted portion opposite said hook, of an armsecured in said slotted portion, a connection betweenthe outer end ofsaid arm and the body of the device, and means'for moving said arm tothrow said connection across the hook-opening, substantially asspecified.

2. ln a hog-shackle, the combination with a bar provided at its forwardend with a hook and with a slotted portion opposite said hook, and anarm movably secured in said slotted portion, of a slide 1n ovablysecured to said bar and to the pivot of said arm, whereby upon themovement of said slide the arm can be thrown across th e hook,substantially as speci.- fied.

3. In a hog-shackle, a bar having at one end a hook, and provided with aslot at one side of said hook, in combination with two arms connectedtogether at their ends, the upper connection traveling in said slot, aconnection between the lower ends of said arms and the bodyof thedevice, and means for moving said arms to throw said last-namedconnection across the hook, substantially as specified.

4. ln a hog-shackle, abar having at one end a hook and provided with aslot at one side of said hook, in combination with two arms connectedtogether at their ends, the upper connection traveling in said slot, ofa slide movably attached near its lower end to said bar and movablyattached at its upper end to the upper connection of said arms, and aflexible connection between the lower ends of said arms and the body ofthe device, adapted to be thrown across the hook when the said arms aremoved downward by the slide, substantially as specified. Y

5. In a hog-shackle, a bar having at one end a hook and provided withtwo slots the planes of which are at right angles to each other and atthe side of the hook, a slide movably secured in one of said slots, anda pair of antifriction -rollers traveling with the f arward end of saidrod, in combination with apair of arms adapted to be moved by saidslide, and a `flexible connection between said arms and the body of thedevice, adapted to be thrown across the hook by the movement of thearms, substantially as specified.

G. In a hog-shackle, a bar provided at one end with a hook and with a'slotted portion opposite said hook, arms movably secured on saidslotted portion, and a connection extending from said arms to the bodyportion of said device and adapted to be thrown across the hook whensaid arms are 1n oved, in combination with a slide for actuating saidarms, a suspending-chain attached to said slide for locking the deviceas a whole to the leg of a hog, and another chain also attached to saidslide for releasing` the hog from the shackle when the weight of the hogis transferred from the first to the second of said chains,substantially as specified.

NATHAN HANDEL.

Yitnesses:

ALBERT I-l. ADAMS, NELLIE MCKIBBEN.

